Marvin Alan Sweeney (born 1953; raised in Decatur, Illinois) is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Claremont School of Theology (1994–present). Dr. Sweeney was trained under the tutelage of Rolf P. Knierim at Claremont Graduate University. He was a Yad ha-Nadiv/Barecha Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he worked with Moshe Greenberg (1989-1990); a Lilly Theological Research Grant Recipient (1997-1998); and a Fellow of the Summer Institute for Modern Israel Studies, sponsored by the American Jewish Committee and Brandeis University (2004). Sweeney previously taught in the Religious Studies Department and Judaic Studies Program at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL (1983-1994), and he has served as Dorot Research Professor at the W. F. Albright Institute in Jerusalem, Israel (1993-1994); Visiting Professor of Bible at the Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, CA (1995-1996; 1999; 2003-2004); Underwood Professor of Divinity at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (2011); visiting scholar at Chang Jung Christian University in Tainan, Taiwan (2015); and Professor of Tanak at the Academy for Jewish Religion California, Los Angeles, CA (2000-2019). He also served on the faculty of Religion at Claremont Graduate University (1994–2018). In 2019, Sweeney relocated to Salem, Oregon, due to the attempted transfer of Claremont School of Theology to Willamette University.
8-635: FOTL may refer to: Forms of the Old Testament Literature , book series Fruit of the Loom , clothing company Future of the Left , Welsh band Freeman on the land , movement based on pseudolegal conspiracy theories Friends of the Library , term for a non-profit organization with the purpose of supporting a library Topics referred to by
16-2775: A form-critical approach to the text. Each volume examines the genre , structure, setting , and intention associated with biblical texts. Henry T. C. Sun calls it "the only serious and sustained discussion of Old Testament form criticism available in English." Titles [ edit ] Year Title Vol. Author ISBN OCLC 1981 Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther XIII Murphy, Roland E. 978-0-8028-1877-5 1056586342 1983 Genesis: with an Introduction to Narrative Literature I Coats, George W. 978-0-8028-1954-3 976893731 1984 1 Kings: with an Introduction to Historical Literature IX Long, Burke O. 978-0-8028-1920-8 612745122 1984 Daniel: with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature XX Collins, John J. 978-0-8028-0020-6 11043368 1988 Psalms, Part 1: with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry XIV Gerstenberger, Erhard S. 978-0-8028-0255-2 16901173 1989 1 and 2 Chronicles XI De Vries, Simon J. 978-0-8028-0236-1 17917323 1989 Ezekiel XIX Hals, Ronald M. 978-0-8028-0340-5 19127833 1991 2 Kings X Long, Burke O. 978-0-8028-0535-5 24502934 1996 Isaiah 1-39: with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature XVI Sweeney, Marvin A. 978-0-8028-4100-1 851047060 1998 Exodus 1-18 IIA Coats, George W. 978-0-8028-0592-8 246136013 2000 Micah XXIB Ben Zvi, Ehud 978-0-8028-4599-3 838086787 2000 Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations XV Gerstenberger, Erhard S. 978-0-8028-0488-4 313780761 2003 1 Samuel VII Campbell, Antony F. 978-0-8028-6079-8 971430885 2005 Numbers IV Knierim, Rolf P. & Coats, George W. 978-0-8028-2231-4 892706375 2005 2 Samuel VIII Campbell, Antony F. 978-0-8028-2813-2 845836340 2005 Hosea XXIA/1 Ben Zvi, Ehud 978-0-8028-0795-3 494042584 2013 Judges VIB Frolov, Serge 978-0-8028-2967-2 955551299 2016 Isaiah 40-66 XVII Sweeney, Marvin A. 978-0-8028-6607-3 1020473960 References [ edit ] ^ Longman III, Tremper (1995). Old Testament Commentary Survey . Baker Academic . p. 51. ^ Taylor, R. A. (2020). "Form criticism". Dictionary of
24-652: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forms of the Old Testament Literature From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 Forms of the Old Testament Literature is a series of biblical commentaries published by Eerdmans . The first volume was Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther by Roland E. Murphy (1981). They were initially edited by Rolf Knierim and Gene M. Tucker; Marvin A. Sweeney took over from Tucker in 1997. The series focuses on
32-624: Is especially well known for developing the field of Jewish Biblical Theology and for critical studies on the synchronic, final literary form of the prophetic and narrative books of the Hebrew Bible and the diachronic history of their composition. He has served as President of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (2017-2019); President of the Society of Biblical Literature South Eastern Region (1993–94); and President of
40-1022: The Old Testament: Pentateuch . Inter-Varsity Press . p. 477 . Retrieved 28 October 2023 . ^ Ho, Peter C. W. (2019). The Design of the Psalter: A Macrostructural Analysis . Wipf and Stock . p. 8 . Retrieved 28 October 2023 . ^ Sun, Henry T. C. (1997). "Preface". Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim . Eerdmans . p. ix . Retrieved 28 October 2023 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forms_of_the_Old_Testament_Literature&oldid=1182368742 " Categories : Biblical commentaries Book series introduced in 1981 Marvin A. Sweeney In March 1987, Sweeney travelled to Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in
48-511: The Society of Biblical Literature Pacific Coast Region (2001-2002). Sweeney worked with the Bay Area Mormon Studies Council to prepare a new translation of Isaiah as part of the council's The Isaiah Project . In addition to Sweeney's translation, this work was intended to include documentation of responses to Isaiah by Latter-day Saint scholars and creative writers. The project is now suspended. Sweeney serves on
56-816: The former Soviet Union to meet with Refuseniks, Jews who had been denied permission to leave the Soviet Union for Israel, the United States, and western Europe. He gave lectures on topics in Jewish studies, brought in books and medical supplies, and made reports to the South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry concerning the status and needs of individuals and groups within the Soviet Union. A specialist in Prophetic Literature, Historical Narrative, and Pentateuchal Studies, Sweeney
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